Martha’s Vineyard, MA. – May 8, 1945

At 2:00 a.m. on the morning of May 8, 1945, an F6F-5N Hellcat, (Bu. No. 70543), was approaching the runway of the Martha’s Vineyard Naval Air Station when one of the wings clipped an unlighted obstruction which caused the aircraft to crash. The plane suffered considerable damage, but the pilot was not seriously injured.